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1st Scene Reading: UNDYING LOVE, by Bill Liggins
All hell breaks loose when a flaky podcaster involves herself in a race between the US government and a powerful secret society to find an authentic immortal.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Anchor/Sheriff: Steve Rizzo
Rachel/Tamara: Val Cole
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LA Festival SHORT Screenplay: WITHIN THE WALLS, by Juan Belardi
In 1914, a thief masquerading as a nurse uncovers a sinister presence when she attempts to steal from a hospital that was once home to a mysterious baroness.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Mr. Pembry: Steve Rizzo
Mr. Fowler: Sean Ballantyne
Madeleine: Hannah Ehman
Old Soldier: Shawn Devlin
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SHORT Screenplay: The Betrayal, by Bob Messinger
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Conrad: Shawn Devin
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SHORT Screenplay: Mystery Man, by Bruce Graham
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
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TV Festival Best Scene: PALADIN, by Mark Andrew Pogodzinski
Paladin is a gun for hire in the new west in 1800. His current task is to collect Caleb Barnes and deliver him to justice. The Barnes Gang attacked a wealthy ranch, killing several people and burning the house to the ground. Paladin kills the gang with little difficulty, taking time to explain to...
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SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival Best Scene: Mysterious Island, by Don Thompson
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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
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DRAMA Festival Best Scene: Paths We Lead, by Sandon Yahn (interview)
An aspiring screenwriter who struggles to support his family becomes successful after he uses a mysterious writing software that alters reality. But, with that comes a price that he never imagined he'd have to pay.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Richard: Steve Rizzo
Brad: Geoff MaysG...
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DIVERSITY Festival Scene: Injustice! Ex Parte Crow Dog, by Christopher Manydeeds
Injustice! United States vs Tribes is a TV anthology series about Federal Indian Law in dynamic US Supreme Court decisions. The series will address how the United States and Tribes decided the course of history through a hostile court system. Ex Parte Crow Dog is about a why the Federal governmen...
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1st Scene Reading: Christmas Pizza, by Andy Heidel, Chloe Sehr
Noelle is a struggling NYC singer and musician that returns to her hometown of Carillon after her mother dies in a freak accident during the annual Thanksgiving Leftovers Casserole Contest. Upon her return, she discovers that the building she is supposed to inherit is in foreclosure and her ex-gi...
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1st Scene Reading: Gladiatrix Daughter of War, by Roxanne Gregory (interview)
Gladiatrix Daughter of War --- Barbarians+Spartacus=Gladiatrix. Acolyte priestess Aoife survives the fall of the Druidic stronghold but is enslaved. She kills a brothel master & is sold to a ludus, a school for gladiators, where she flourishes becoming Rome's deadly champion. As Amazonia Nyx Deat...
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Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival Best Scene: THE GOD MACHINE, by Michael J Bowler
Using an antique machine, a grieving boy hopes to apologize to his deceased mother, but instead unleashes an interdimensional being that wreaks havoc in San Francisco. With the aid of his detached father, some friends, and a tough female detective, he determines to stop the creature, even at the ...
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ROMANCE Festival Best Scene: Astral Flames, by Nicolas James
A lonely, yet content young woman helps navigate a connection-deprived young man through the astral dimension while trying not to be detected by an ominous spirit.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Chase: Sean Ballantyne
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: NEPHEWS, by Andrew Child
Aaron was an actor until he started dating the much more successful, older actor, Richard Hanes. When Richard develops an interest in Aaron's younger brother, Aaron grapples with returning to his life before notoriety as a kept man.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Aaron: Geoff Mays
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CRIME/MYSTERY Fest 1st Scene: American Breakdown, by Gary Porpora (interview)
Logline: At the mercy of an accelerating dementia, Jonas Flemming, aka, America's Coroner--the state’s lead witness in yet another high profile murder trial--melts down on the witness stand, setting a psychopath free.
When the L.A. detective on the case reopens his investigation, Jonas becomes t...
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LATINO Fest: El Cuento De Mi Papa (The Story of my Father), by Alejandro Lalinde
When a naive D.A.C.A. single young father gets unexpectedly deported to a country he’s never been, he must at all costs journey back illegally despite crooks and cartels and a desolate rugged desert to reunite with his estranged daughter before his family is ultimately separated.
CAST LIST:
Na...
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1st Scene Reading: A Waterless Place, by Leiter Daniellson
After witnessing an Alien spacecraft crash in the mountains two brothers rush to the scene and gather what they can. A shadowy figure is sent to hunt the brothers down and eliminate them before their Father rescues them.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Lucius/Dael: Geoff Mays
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Thriller/Suspense Festival: HENRY'S STARE, by A.M. Vasquez
After her stalker goes missing and is presumed dead, Violet McBride's dreams suggest that he may still be alive, threatening to shatter her newfound peace.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Violet: Kyana Teresa
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1st Scene Reading: A DIFFERENT WORLD, by Michael Mendershausen & Lillian Carrier
Rebecca is waiting at an airport, while her parents baby her. Rebecca has autism and is seemingly traveling for the first time by herself. She gets on the plane with her service dog, Luke. She meets Jonathan, who already starts to help her on the plane.
While he gets off, he loses Rebecca but r...
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DIVERSITY Festival SHORT Script: HOT PINK, by Piper Supplee
A high school girl confronts her repression when her two best friends discover that she has never masturbated before.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Roman: Sean Ballantyne
Lila: Hannah Ehman
Daphne: Val Cole
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DRAMA Festival 1st Scene: CALF ROPE, by Jake Stetler, Bradley Hawkins
When in 1966 a nine-year-old boy from suburban Pennsylvania asks his grandad from Oklahoma if he was ever “a real cowboy,” the retired cattle auctioneer is forced to take stock of his blessings and confront his unrealized dreams.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Mac: Geoff Mays
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SCI-FI/FANTASY Short Films - Aug. 19/20 event
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THE CALLING, 5min., USA
Directed by Jay Dallen
The Calling is a mysterious sci-fi drama short film that follows Naomi as she is drawn to a crystal orb with otherworldly powers. As she relives memories of her relationship with Ian, she must make a fateful decision t... -
INDIVIDUAL short film review
INDIVIDUAL, 3min., Brazil
Directed by Hugo da Costa Sentinelli
The music video 'Individual' is an unusual, hypnotic, and immersive visual experience. With an innovative visual approach, it transforms the artist's face into a true projection screen, creating intriguing patterns with light and shad... -
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TRANSMUTE short film review
TRANSMUTE, 15min., USA
Directed by Steve Dabal, Johan Anderson, Charles A.M.
Pairing the vision of three individual filmmakers with the compositions of Chinese-American musician and performance artist Angelica Olstad, the triptych film Transmute reflects on the uncertainty and precariousness of m...